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@surftohealth88 - Thanks for the research, surf. Carboplatin combined with Jevtana (cabazitaxel) and prednisone has already been discussed. The question becomes how sick to I want to get to try and not be sick. Side effects are more severe and more difficult to manage. That's why I chose Taxotere first. I think my next step, should current treatment fail, is to let radiation oncology have a whack at it and see how much they can target. At least they should be able to knock out some of this bone pain. I need to do more research into the carbo/jevtana thing before I can agree to it.
My wife spent the last two years of her life fighting lung cancer. Metastatic to eyes, brain, and liver. Wills Eye Clinic and Abramson in Philly, Johns Hopkins in Baltimore. Chemo # 1,2, &3. Gamma knife times 4, liver radiotracer clinical trials and so on and so on. One thing she did not do was enjoy the time she had left. We spent all the time traveling to and from doctors and trials. And she was always fighting treatment side effects. I will not follow that path. At some point the chase ends. There is a line to be drawn. I'm not yet sure where that line is but when I get there, I am sure I will draw it.
On a more positive note, I stopped at the butcher on the way home from chemo and grabbed a really nice 2-inch T-Bone for when I can eat again in 10 days or so. 😁
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@mjp0512
I understand completely what you are trying to say and how you feel. I also can see and understand why your wife chose to fight to the very last end. We are all so different and it is impossible to predict of how we would behave in such a tough situation. I will be honest and say that I tried on several occasions in my life to imagine what I personally would do, but it is just not realistic to predict one's response - only person who is experiencing it in real time knows how they feel and why they feel that way and what they think is the best path forward. I also think that the same person would react differently at different times of one's lifetime and for different reasons too. There is no right time to give up or the right way to say goodbye - the right time is when we personally decide that the time is right. 😞 Lung cancer is very fast and efficient killer and with mets to the brain and eyes : (( her life would have been very painful and limiting and very short regardless, so she had to try and fight with all that she had.
On the bright side : )), I am so happy to hear that your appetite is good for the most part 😎 and that freezer is stashed : )). I can also see from other posts that your doctors are considering all kind of new approaches and that is GREAT !!! You are really in competent hands and that is a half battle won right there ; ) ! We can only take one step/day at the time when nonsense like this is thrown on our path and I hope that today is tolerable and that bananas are tasting good *hugsssss
Sending vibes galore and thinking of you 🌺
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@mjp0512 Aside from all the poison, has your MO discussed BAT therapy at all? You might have one of those strains that can be shocked into submission. SE’s should be that you actually feel better! At least for a time, anyway…
If you’re gonna take a big swing…you might need a BAT😉
Phil